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Fatigue

Neural and Muscular Mechanisms

By: Patricia A. Pierce

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Fatigue

Neural and Muscular Mechanisms

By: Patricia A. Pierce

This volume describes the current state of our knowledge on the neurobiology of muscle fatigue, with consideration also given to selected integrative cardiorespiratory mechanisms. Our charge to the authors of the various chapters was twofold: to provide a systematic review of the topic that could serve as a balanced reference text for practicing health-care professionals, teaching faculty, and pre-and postdoctoral trainees in the biomedi cal sciences; and to stimulate further experimental and theoretical work on neurobiology. Key issues are addressed in nine interrelated areas: fatigue of single muscle fibers, fatigue at the neuromuscular junction, fatigue of single motor units, metabolic fatigue studied with nuclear magnetic resonance, fatigue of the segmental motor system, fatigue involving suprasegmental mechanisms, the task dependency of fatigue mechanisms, integrative (largely cardiorespiratory) systems issues, and fatigue of adapted systems (due to aging, under-and overuse, and pathophysiology). The product is a volume that provides compre of processes that operate from the forebrain to the contractile proteins.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1489910166

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9781489910165

The Moralist

Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made

By: Patricia O'Toole

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The Moralist

Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made

By: Patricia O'Toole

Acclaimed author Patricia O’Toole’s “superb” (The New York Times) account of Woodrow Wilson, one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents. A “gripping” (USA TODAY) biography, The Moralist is “an essential contribution to presidential history” (Booklist, starred review). “In graceful prose and deep scholarship, Patricia O’Toole casts new light on the presidency of Woodrow Wilson” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis). The Moralist shows how Wilson was a progressive who enjoyed unprecedented success in leveling the economic playing field, but he was behind the times on racial equality and women’s suffrage. As a Southern boy during the Civil War, he knew the ravages of war, and as president he refused to lead the country into World War I until he was convinced that Germany posed a direct threat to the United States. Once committed, he was an admirable commander-in-chief, yet he also presided over the harshest suppression of political dissent in American history. After the war Wilson became the world’s most ardent champion of liberal internationalism—a democratic new world order committed to peace, collective security, and free trade. With Wilson’s leadership, the governments at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 founded the League of Nations, a federation of the world’s democracies. The creation of the League, Wilson’s last great triumph, was quickly followed by two crushing blows: a paralyzing stroke and the rejection of the treaty that would have allowed the United States to join the League. Ultimately, Wilson’s liberal internationalism was revived by Franklin D. Roosevelt and it has shaped American foreign relations—for better and worse—ever since. A cautionary tale about the perils of moral vanity and American overreach in foreign affairs, The Moralist “does full justice to Wilson’s complexities” (The Wall Street Journal).

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Simon & Schuster

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0743298101

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9780743298100

H is for Hawkeye

An Iowa Alphabet

By: Patricia A. Pierce

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H is for Hawkeye

An Iowa Alphabet

By: Patricia A. Pierce

Did you know the Hawkeye State got its nickname from Chief Black Hawk of the Sauk tribe? Or that D is for Des Moines, the capital with the golden dome? Or that Iowa is bordered on each side by navigable rivers, the Missouri marks the western border and the Mississippi forms its eastern border. H is for Hawkeye presents these and many other interesting facts about the great state of Iowa.

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Sleeping Bear Press

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1585366935

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Managing Uncertainty in Mental Health Care

By: José Silveira,Patricia Rockman

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Managing Uncertainty in Mental Health Care

By: José Silveira,Patricia Rockman

The degree of complexity of the brain, mind and the environments in which humans live, would predict that mental health clinicians work in a perpetual state of uncertainty. That prediction would be wrong. To the contrary, in clinical practice our brains exhibit the same pedestrian bias towards irrational certainty. 1-5 Given the degree of complexity in the field of mental health, it is remarkable that we clinicians can assist anyone at all. Our professional training ratifies the scientific method in an attempt to protect us and those we treat from unwarranted certainty. Current training, however, appears to be inadequate to this task. The assessment and management of mental disorders, across specialists and non-specialists alike, is associated with ubiquitous feelings of certainty. Feeling certain despite the degree of inherent complexity and ambiguity. Feeling certain despite the rudimentary state of empirical knowledge. Feeling certain despite the absence of technologically objective methods to assist assessment or evaluate treatment results"--

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Oxford University Press

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0197509320

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9780197509326

Kent County

By: William A. "Pat" Biddle,Patricia Joan O. Horsey,R. Jerry Keiser

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Kent County

By: William A. "Pat" Biddle,Patricia Joan O. Horsey,R. Jerry Keiser

Kent County has retained its serenity and beauty in the face of the passage of time. Situated on a peninsula where the Chester and Sassafras Rivers amble gently into the Chesapeake Bay, Kent County boasts miles of picturesque shoreline that provide perfect frame for the miles of undeveloped farmland that makes up the heart of the county.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738586722

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9780738586724

A Seat at the Table

An Insider's Guide for America's New Women Leaders

By: Patricia Harrison

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A Seat at the Table

An Insider's Guide for America's New Women Leaders

By: Patricia Harrison

This guide offers straightforward and insightful advice for any woman, who's interested in serving; playing a key role in politics or community affairs; or becoming a policy-and opinion-maker in the public or private sectors.

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Mastermedia Publishing Company

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1571010130

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9781571010131

Beyond Timber: Certification and Management of Non-timber Forest Products

By: Patricia Shanley,Alan Pierce,Sarah Laird,Dawn Robinson

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Beyond Timber: Certification and Management of Non-timber Forest Products

By: Patricia Shanley,Alan Pierce,Sarah Laird,Dawn Robinson

A focus on forest management standards. NTFPs within the forest management certification framework: chalenges and recommendations. Accessibility and applicability of NTFP certification. A Country case study: NTFP certification in Brazil. Opportunities and challenges of NTFP certification. Social opportunities and challenges. Market and economic opportunities and challenges. Legal and institutional opportunities and challenges. Broader applications for standards and certification. Collaboration and Harmonization: the way forward?.

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CIFOR

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9791412448

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9789791412445

The GOOD DETECTIVE

THE GOOD DETECTIVE

By: Patricia Holt

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The GOOD DETECTIVE

THE GOOD DETECTIVE

By: Patricia Holt

From Simon & Schuster, The Good Detective is a collection of truce case histories from the confidential files of Hal Lipset, America's real-life Sam Spade. For almost 50 years, Hal Lipset has covered some 20, 000 cases, including the recent Polly Klaas California kidnap-murder. Provided here by Patricia Holt, one of Lipset's investigators during the '70s, these cases read like the best crime fiction.

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Gallery Books

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067188672X

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9780671886721

From Innocence to Reality

A Family Memoir

By: Patricia Simms Harrison

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From Innocence to Reality

A Family Memoir

By: Patricia Simms Harrison

Since the winter of 1971 when my father and my brothers sued Keith, resulting in their paying him $91,839.60 for his stock, I have attempted to discover what would end the lasting conflict between the Harrison family and the Simms family. I have assumed, as do most Americans, that all problems have a solution, that the Harrisons and the Simmses would once again become one happy family. Yet, more than thirty years later, the solution has not been revealed. Therefore, as I am now nearing the last stage of my life, I have decided to adopt a different attitude. I shall settle for an examination of the past in order to determine the causes and to banish from my mind the achievement of a reunion between our families. Soon most of us who have been involved in the conflict will be with God in Heaven, and those left on earth will neither know, nor care. Thus, with the writing of this book, I shall hopefully gain peace, contentment and acceptance for life as it exists, rather than life as it were before the suit.

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iUniverse

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0595262759

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9780595262755

The Tragically True Adventures of Kit Donovan

By: Patricia Bailey

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The Tragically True Adventures of Kit Donovan

By: Patricia Bailey

2018 Oregon Book Award Winner—Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children's Literature 2018 WILLA Literary Award Winner—Children's/Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction Category A plucky heroine's search for justice in the lawless West. Life in a Nevada mining town in 1905 is not easy for thirteen-year-old Kit Donovan, who is trying to do right by her deceased mother and become a proper lady. When Kit discovers Papa's boss at the gold mine is profiting from unsafe working conditions, she realizes being a lady is tougher than it looks. With a man's hat and a printing press, Kit puts her big mouth and all the life skills she's learned from reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to work, defying threats of violence, and finds that justice doesn’t always look like she imagined it would.

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Albert Whitman & Company

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0807581445

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Mountain Shadows

An Adirondack Novel of Courage, Danger, and Love

By: Patricia Reiss Brooks

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Mountain Shadows

An Adirondack Novel of Courage, Danger, and Love

By: Patricia Reiss Brooks

Thrill to the spirit of the Adirondacks in this vivid historical novel set in the North Country during the wild days of Prohibition. Follow Joe Devlin as he makes a daring snowshoe trek through the mountains to reach his wife, who is taking the tuberculosis "cure" at Saranac Lake. Stand by his wife Alice when she discovers that Joe has been running bootleg whiskey to pay her increasing medical expenses. Feel the emotion when Alice's love for her husband threatens to place him in the arms of another woman."--Back cover.

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Pinto Pr

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0975567705

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9780975567708

Evil Genius

Family Genius Mystery #1

By: Patricia Rice

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Evil Genius

Family Genius Mystery #1

By: Patricia Rice

“The interactions between Ana and the mysterious Amadeus are delightful. The ending will leave readers longing for more stories about this captivating heroine and her gifted half-siblings.” - Romance Times Book Reviews Call her a petite princess or a paranoid neurotic, either way, Anastasia Devlin has the instincts of a chameleon. She can disappear into the woodwork, share tea with a queen, or flatten a thug with one swift kick, but what she really wants is to provide her dysfunctional younger siblings with the security of the home she’s been denied. Instead, she discovers her grandfather has died without the family being notified, his mansion has been usurped by a stranger who never leaves the third floor, and her grandfather’s executor has absconded to the Caribbean with the proceeds of their inheritance. If murder hasn’t already been committed, she might perpetrate one herself—starting with the annoying spy in the attic. To avoid murder, she makes a pact with the devil who apparently now owns the home she is determined to win back. While she searches for the absconding lawyer and the real murderer of the senator’s aide, she will help their landlord locate a mysterious Cambodian—until oddly, the threads of all three mysteries begin to twine together, and someone is intent on cutting the cord before Ana comes too close to finding the answers.

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Book View Cafe

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1611380421

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The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

With a Critical Introduction by Patricia H. Hinchey

By: Patricia H. Hinchey

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The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

With a Critical Introduction by Patricia H. Hinchey

By: Patricia H. Hinchey

W. E. B. Du Bois’s seminal work, The Souls of Black Folk, not only captures the experience of African Americans in the years following the Civil War but also speaks to contemporary conditions. At a time when American public schools are increasingly re-segregating, are increasingly underfunded, and are perhaps nearly as separate and unequal as they were in earlier decades, this classic can help readers grasp links between a slavery past and a dismal present for too many young people of color. Disagreeing with Booker T. Washington, Du Bois analyzes the restrictiveness of education as a simple tool to prepare for work in pursuit of wealth (a trend still very much alive and well, especially in schools serving economically disadvantaged students). He also, however, demonstrates the challenges racism presents to individuals who embrace education as a tool for liberation. Du Bois’s accounts of how racism affected specific individuals allow readers to see philosophical issues in human terms. It can also help them think deeply about what kind of moral, social, educational and economic changes are necessary to provide all of America’s young people the equal opportunity promised to them inside and outside of schools. Perfect for courses in: Social Foundations of Education, Political and Social Foundations of Education, Foundations of American Education, Foundations of Education, Introduction to Education Theory and Policy, Philosophy and Education, History of American Education, and African American Education.

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Myers Education Press

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1975500652

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9781975500658

Dialogue Across Difference

Practice, Theory, and Research on Intergroup Dialogue

By: Patricia Gurin,Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda,Ximena Zuniga

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Dialogue Across Difference

Practice, Theory, and Research on Intergroup Dialogue

By: Patricia Gurin,Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda,Ximena Zuniga

Due to continuing immigration and increasing racial and ethnic inclusiveness, higher education institutions in the United States are likely to grow ever more diverse in the 21st century. This shift holds both promise and peril: Increased inter-ethnic contact could lead to a more fruitful learning environment that encourages collaboration. On the other hand, social identity and on-campus diversity remain hotly contested issues that often raise intergroup tensions and inhibit discussion. How can we help diverse students learn from each other and gain the competencies they will need in an increasingly multicultural America? Dialogue Across Difference synthesizes three years’ worth of research from an innovative field experiment focused on improving intergroup understanding, relationships and collaboration. The result is a fascinating study of the potential of intergroup dialogue to improve relations across race and gender. First developed in the late 1980s, intergroup dialogues bring together an equal number of students from two different groups – such as people of color and white people, or women and men – to share their perspectives and learn from each other. To test the possible impact of such courses and to develop a standard of best practice, the authors of Dialogue Across Difference incorporated various theories of social psychology, higher education, communication studies and social work to design and implement a uniform curriculum in nine universities across the country. Unlike most studies on intergroup dialogue, this project employed random assignment to enroll more than 1,450 students in experimental and control groups, including in 26 dialogue courses and control groups on race and gender each. Students admitted to the dialogue courses learned about racial and gender inequalities through readings, role-play activities and personal reflections. The authors tracked students’ progress using a mixed-method approach, including longitudinal surveys, content analyses of student papers, interviews of students, and videotapes of sessions. The results are heartening: Over the course of a term, students who participated in intergroup dialogues developed more insight into how members of other groups perceive the world. They also became more thoughtful about the structural underpinnings of inequality, increased their motivation to bridge differences and intergroup empathy, and placed a greater value on diversity and collaborative action. The authors also note that the effects of such courses were evident on nearly all measures. While students did report an initial increase in negative emotions – a possible indication of the difficulty of openly addressing race and gender – that effect was no longer present a year after the course. Overall, the results are remarkably consistent and point to an optimistic conclusion: intergroup dialogue is more than mere talk. It fosters productive communication about and across differences in the service of greater collaboration for equity and justice. Ambitious and timely, Dialogue Across Difference presents a persuasive practical, theoretical and empirical account of the benefits of intergroup dialogue. The data and research presented in this volume offer a useful model for improving relations among different groups not just in the college setting but in the United States as well.

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Russell Sage Foundation

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1610448057

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9781610448055

Top Tips for Interpersonal Communication

By: Patricia Ryan

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Top Tips for Interpersonal Communication

By: Patricia Ryan

Getting along well with people can be one of the most rewarding experiences you can have. By communicating well with others we can expand our circle of contacts – personal and business. Communicating well with others will enhance your social life, your self-worth, your confidence and your relationships. The Top Tips in this book will give you a quick reference for improving your interpersonal communication skills.

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Boolarong Press

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1925046575

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9781925046571

Scenic Driving South Carolina

By: John Clark,Patricia Pierce

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Scenic Driving South Carolina

By: John Clark,Patricia Pierce

This indispensable highway companion maps out short trips for exploring the Palmetto State’s scenic byways and back roads.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0762767804

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9780762767809

Bride for Hire

By: Patricia Hagan

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Bride for Hire

By: Patricia Hagan

Bride For Hire by Patricia Hagan released on Jul 25, 1997 is available now for purchase.

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Harlequin Treasury-Silhouette Special Edition 90s

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0373241275

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9780373241279

Harlequin Love Inspired July 2017 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Rebecca Kertz,Arlene James,Patricia Johns

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Harlequin Love Inspired July 2017 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Rebecca Kertz,Arlene James,Patricia Johns

Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. A SECRET AMISH LOVE Women of Lancaster County by Rebecca Kertz With her father insisting she marry, Nell Stoltzfus is feeling the pressure to figure out her future. A decision that is further complicated when she falls for English veterinarian James Pierce. Dare she risk being shunned to be with the man her heart has claimed as its own? HER COWBOY BOSS The Prodigal Ranch by Arlene James Stark Burns and Meri Billings are like oil and water—so he’s shocked when she asks for a position in his veterinary clinic. For Meri, it’s her only option if she wants to stay close to home and family. Soon their differences fall away as Meri teaches the widower how to live—and love—again. DEPUTY DADDY Comfort Creek Lawmen by Patricia Johns Diaper duty was the last thing officer Bryce Camden expected during his stay in Comfort Creek. But with lovely Lily Ellison, owner of the B and B where he’s staying, asking for his help with her foster baby, he’ll soon be more than a bachelor cop—he’ll be a family man.

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1488018553

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